The interesting thing is... the italian garrison in Cephalonia could have won the battle. There were plenty of eager italian fighter pilots in their MC.205s at Brindisi, ready to take on the Stukas at any time. Allied High Command, nevertheless, denied them the authorization to take off.

Churchill was one of the of the supporters of grabbing the Aegean islands as soon as possible, but Eisenhower did not agree with the plan. All the italians in mainland could do was watch their brothers being slaughtered by the germans.

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